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Conrad Amenta
:: Featuring: Von Südenfed, Budos Band, Deer Tick, Animal Collective, John Vanderslice, Sunset Rubdown, e-Jugend, Will Stratton, Acorn...
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:: Featuring: Von Südenfed, Budos Band, Deer Tick, Animal Collective, John Vanderslice, Sunset Rubdown, e-Jugend, Will Stratton, Acorn...
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I :: Ottawa, ON

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:: Less a hometown shout-out than a coming to terms. A love song to my hometown.
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I :: Ottawa, ON

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:: Less a hometown shout-out than a coming to terms. A love song to my hometown.
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Nico Muhly

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:: Nico gets in-depth about his music, his fav obscure Icelandic artists, and why his new album is "like, all 808 all the time."
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Cisco Systems Bluesfest 2008

Conrad Amenta & Cait Powers
:: "Funk-a-licious"? Really? Ten bucks says Fergie suggested that.
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Silver Jews

Conrad Amenta
:: Berman on his newest record, how to properly soundtrack group circumcisions, which pen "sounds like a banker's kiss," and who's clueless in 2008.
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Constantines

Conrad Amenta
:: Man, fuck people who don’t like the Constantines.
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One

Conrad Amenta
:: Music has become less performance, less the pursuit of that transcendent moment, than an allaying of tensions and disparities on Facebook profiles.
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Cisco Systems' Ottawa Bluesfest 2007

Conrad Amenta
:: At its core, somehow, this dichotomous, conflicted, and consistently rewarding commercial machine has a heart.
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It's Dark, and There Are Wolves After Me: Ottawa's 1st Annual Capital Idea! Music Festival

Conrad Amenta
:: Ottawa's now able to say to bands they admire "welcome to" rather than "sorry about" their city.
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Fulton Lights

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:: "We look good when we flex, like Greek demigods."
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Conrad: Year One, A First Year Retrospective

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:: -or- How Is It Possible That Everyone, Including Myself, is Wrong About Everything All of the Time?
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Bedding the "Sellout"

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:: Join Conrad as he compromises the purity of music.
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Nico Muhly

Conrad Amenta
:: Nico gets in-depth about his music, his fav obscure Icelandic artists, and why his new album is "like, all 808 all the time."
Festival /
Cisco Systems Bluesfest 2008

Conrad Amenta & Cait Powers
:: "Funk-a-licious"? Really? Ten bucks says Fergie suggested that.
Interview /
Silver Jews

Conrad Amenta
:: Berman on his newest record, how to properly soundtrack group circumcisions, which pen "sounds like a banker's kiss," and who's clueless in 2008.
Concert Review /
Constantines

Conrad Amenta
:: Man, fuck people who don’t like the Constantines.
Article /
Stop Me If You've Heard This One

Conrad Amenta
:: Music has become less performance, less the pursuit of that transcendent moment, than an allaying of tensions and disparities on Facebook profiles.
Festival /
Cisco Systems' Ottawa Bluesfest 2007

Conrad Amenta
:: At its core, somehow, this dichotomous, conflicted, and consistently rewarding commercial machine has a heart.
Festival /
It's Dark, and There Are Wolves After Me: Ottawa's 1st Annual Capital Idea! Music Festival

Conrad Amenta
:: Ottawa's now able to say to bands they admire "welcome to" rather than "sorry about" their city.
Interview /
Fulton Lights

Conrad Amenta
:: "We look good when we flex, like Greek demigods."
Article /
Conrad: Year One, A First Year Retrospective

Conrad Amenta
:: -or- How Is It Possible That Everyone, Including Myself, is Wrong About Everything All of the Time?
Article /
Bedding the "Sellout"

Conrad Amenta
:: Join Conrad as he compromises the purity of music.
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!!! :: Myth Takes
A Sunny Day in Glasgow :: Scribble Mural Comic Journal
(NBH)
The Acorn :: Blankets!
EP
(NBH)
The Acorn :: Glory Hope Mountain
(NBH)
Ellen Allien :: Boogybytes Vol. 4
An Horse :: Not Really Scared
EP
(NBH)
Anathallo :: Floating World
Annuals :: Frelen Mas: Be He Me B-Sides
Aphex Twin :: Chosen Lords
Arab Strap :: The Last Romance
Baja :: Maps/Systemalheur
(NBH)
Baja :: Wolfhour
Beck :: Modern Guilt
Beirut :: The Flying Club Cup
The Besnard Lakes :: The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club :: Baby 81
Bloc Party :: A Weekend in the City
Born Ruffians :: Red, Yellow and Blue
Brother and Sisters :: Brothers and Sisters
The Burning Hell :: Happy Birthday
(NBH)
Cibelle :: The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves
Clinic :: Do It!
Couch :: Figur 5
Rob Crow :: Living Well
Cryptacize :: Dig That Treasure
Crystal Castles :: Crystal Castles
Various Artists :: Death Proof
OST
The Death Set :: Worldwide
Deer Tick :: War Elephant
(NBH)
Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park
Destroyer :: Trouble in Dreams
(CP)
diskJokke :: Staying In
Don Caballero :: World Class Listening Problem
e-Jugend :: Last Exit Wedding
(NBH)
Eagles of Death Metal :: Death by Sexy
Eels :: With Strings--Live at Town Hall
Efterklang :: Parades
Nathan Fake :: Drowning in a Sea of Love
The Fiery Furnaces :: Remember
Four Tet :: Ringer
EP
French Kicks :: Two Thousand
Frenemies :: Birds in High School
Fridge :: The Sun
Fulton Lights :: Fulton Lights
(NBH)
Fulton Lights :: The Way We Ride
Gang of Four :: Return the Gift
Georgie James :: Demos at Dance Place
Demo
Goldrush :: The Heart is the Place
The Grates :: Gravity Won't Get You High
Jonny Greenwood :: There Will Be Blood
OST
Grizzly Bear :: Friend
EP
Head Like a Kite :: There is Loud Laughter Everywhere
Helios :: Ayres
Daniel AIU Higgs :: Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot
High Places :: High Places
HILOTRONS :: Bella Simone
(NBH)
Icy Demons :: Miami Ice
Islands :: Return to the Sea
Jatun :: Jatun
(NBH)
Joan of Arc :: Eventually, All at Once
Jumbling Towers :: Classy Entertainment
EP
(NBH)
Justice :: †
Kingdom Shore :: ...and all the dogs to shark
(NBH)
Konono N°1 :: Live at Couleur Café
Glenn Kotche :: Mobile
Last Days :: These Places Are Now Ruins
LCD Soundsystem :: Sound of Silver
Sean Lennon :: Friendly Fire
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists :: Living With the Living
Les Savy Fav :: After the Balls Drop
Leyode :: Fascinating Tininess
M83 :: Saturdays = Youth
Mahjongg :: Kontpab
Matmos :: The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
Mew :: And the Glass Handed Kites
Barbara Morgenstern :: The Grass is Always Greener
The Most Serene Republic :: Population
Nico Muhly :: Mothertongue
My Dad Vs. Yours :: After Winter Must Come Spring
(NBH)
Nine Inch Nails :: Year Zero
Nissenenmondai :: Neji/Tori
The Ocean Floor :: Tall Tales & Small Tales
(NBH)
Oneida :: Happy New Year
Oneida :: The Wedding
Parts and Labor :: Mapmaker
Plants and Animals :: Parc Avenue
The Polyphonic Spree :: The Fragile Army
Precious Fathers :: Precious Fathers
(NBH)
Prints :: Prints
(NBH)
Rafter :: Sweaty Magic
EP
Ris Paul Ric :: Purple Haze
The Rosebuds :: Night of the Furies
School of Language :: Sea from Shore
Serena-Maneesh :: SM Backwards
She Wants Revenge :: She Wants Revenge
Alina Simone :: Placelessness
Alina Simone :: Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware
Slaraffenland :: Private Cinema
Sloan :: Never Hear the End of It
Spiritualized :: Songs in A&E
Spoon :: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The Submarines :: Honeysuckle Weeks
Talking Heads :: Brick
Box
Thank You :: Terrible Two
These New Puritans :: Beat Pyramid
Tijuana Mon Amour Broadcasting Inc. :: Cold Jubilee (Of the Snowqueen)
Tin Cup Prophette :: Liar and the Thief
(NBH)
Tokyo Police Club :: A Lesson in Crime
Tool :: 10,000 Days
Tortoise :: A Lazarus Taxon
Box
Tussle :: Cream Cuts
The Twilight Sad :: Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Under Byen :: Samme Stoff Som Stof
John Vanderslice :: Emerald City
Videotape :: My Favourite Thing
(NBH)
Chris Walla :: Field Manual
Woodhands :: Heart Attack
(NBH)
Thalia Zedek Band :: Liars and Prayers
Co-authored ::
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Kingdom Shore :: ...and all the dogs to shark
(NBH)
(Black Bough; 2008) / Rating: 87 / Combined Rating: 83
High Places :: High Places
(Thrill Jockey; 2008) / Rating: 84 / Combined Rating: 81
Four Tet :: Ringer
EP
(Domino; 2008) / Rating: 84 / Combined Rating: N/A
M83 :: Saturdays = Youth
(Mute; 2008) / Rating: 84 / Combined Rating: 78
Videotape :: My Favourite Thing
(NBH)
(Self-released; 2008) / Rating: 83 / Combined Rating: 77
Nico Muhly :: Mothertongue
(Brassland; 2008) / Rating: 82 / Combined Rating: 80
Rafter :: Sweaty Magic
EP
(Asthmatic Kitty; 2008) / Rating: 81 / Combined Rating: N/A
diskJokke :: Staying In
(Smalltown Supersound; 2008) / Rating: 81 / Combined Rating: 78
An Horse :: Not Really Scared
EP
(NBH)
(Self-released; 2008) / Rating: 80 / Combined Rating: N/A
School of Language :: Sea from Shore
(Memphis Industries/Thrill Jockey; 2008) / Rating: 80 / Combined Rating: 80
Thank You :: Terrible Two
(Thrill Jockey; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: 75
Beck :: Modern Guilt
(Interscope; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: 72
Woodhands :: Heart Attack
(NBH)
(Paper Bag; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: N/A
Ellen Allien :: Boogybytes Vol. 4
(Bpitch Control; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: N/A
Baja :: Wolfhour
(Other Electricities; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: N/A
Jumbling Towers :: Classy Entertainment
EP
(NBH)
(Self-released; 2008) / Rating: 75 / Combined Rating: N/A
Plants and Animals :: Parc Avenue
(Secret City; 2008) / Rating: 75 / Combined Rating: N/A
Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park
(4AD; 2008) / Rating: 74 / Combined Rating: 75
Alina Simone :: Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware
(54.40 or Fight; 2008) / Rating: 74 / Combined Rating: N/A
Tussle :: Cream Cuts
(Smalltown Supersound; 2008) / Rating: 73 / Combined Rating: N/A
